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Insert Nu 5, and voila! Pops out three condoms!
The service can be availed from condom vending machines, which will be installed by September.
A total of 50 condom vending machines to be distributed across the country have reached Phuentsholing and are waiting quality check by Ministry of Health (MoH) officials.
Talking to

Following allegations of being duped reportedly by 23 girls sent to Dubai
Following allegations by 23 girls that Yarphel Overseas Recruitment Agent cheated them by making false promises about their work in Dubai, the Ministry of Labor and Human Resources (MoLHR) conducted an investigation after which the ministry decided to cancel

The failure of custom officials in Jaigaon to move to online taxation system has impacted exports from Phuentsholing
After the Goods and Services Tax (GST) became effective in India on July 8, industries in Pasakha near Phuentsholing have not been able to export anything so far.
This, according to industrialists, is because

Indian quartz is most sought after by ferrosilicon industries in Pasakha
All the ferrosilicon industries of Pasakha Industrial Estate nowadays are facing a shortage of Indian quartz, the primary raw material to produce ferrosilicon.
The shortage started from early March this year. The prime reason, according to the industries, is the closure

Labor minister Ngeema Sangay Tshempo handed over six power tillers to three gewogs of Nichula, Karmaling and Lhamoizhingkha in Dagana this week.
The power tillers will be distributed to farmers in the three gewogs. Farmers till now have been using single power tillers. These gewogs were provided with one each in

In the remote eastern village of Jalang under Minjay gewog in Lhuentse, a dark shroud of mystery covers 48-year-old Tsheringmo who has been labeled a poison giver, popularly known as dug-bekhan.
A sickly mother of four children whose husband works as a farmer, she is ostracized by the villagers who believe

The overall profit margin of the cement manufacturing industries in the country might decrease after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced in India last Saturday.
The import of cement to Bhutan from India would become cheaper by about 10%-15% as export from India will have zero taxes.
However, Senior Consultant

Second only to criminal and matrimonial cases
The commercial bench of Thimphu district court recorded 205 monetary cases from February till June this year while 35 monetary cases are pending with the high court as of now.
High Court Drangpon Lungten Dubjur said that with increasing monetary cases in the country, the

Bhutan closely observed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) imposed by India starting July 8, a landmark tax reform by the Indian government, since it would definitely be affected by this gargantuan move within its largest trading partner.
However, a week after GST was introduced; Bhutan still does not seem to

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Executive Director (ED) of Royal Insurance Corporation of Bhutan Limited (RICBL) have been suspended from office since July 6.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) issued the suspension order on the same day.
In exercise of the powers conferred under section 167 of the Anti-Corruption Act of